Could she tell Tracy, or would Tracy just think she's weird? "And I kissed a girl." You kissed a GIRL?" Tracy laughed, gearing up to ridicule Emily. "...ctually, I had a dream like that a few days ago. Only the girl was kissing me." She seemed lost in thought. Emily pounced onto the couch like a tigress on the hunt and crouched next to her sitter."Did she like Amy Komori?! I love Amy!" Yes," Tracy said quietly, looking a little unsettled. "But lots of people like her." Emily inched closer,. She was going to discipline me and that was that. In fact I knew she was right as over the last couple of weeks I had become more abrupt with Mum, more concerned about what I was doing rather than what she wanted. I had taken life as a teenager too literally for Mum’s liking and whilst I had been trying to be more adult again there was too much pressure at work and I wasn’t focussing properly at home. I guess Mum had given me a chance to improve my attitude but must have come to the. “So, mister, do you think it was destiny that we met?” I asked, wanting to continue the conversation.“No, I think it was random luck, not destiny. I think I just happened to stop in that café and you happened to be there. I don’t believe in destiny or that this was meant to happen. It just did. I think we create our lives by taking advantage of opportunities that haphazardly present themselves.”“Really, you think it was just an accident, a fluke that we met,” I said.“Yep!” he responded, sipping. I told my mom I'm going to study for the finals with Reggie and two other girls.Once again she seems concerned about the time I'm spending with an underachiever like Reggie. I told her I'm finding that tutoring them is helping to solidify the things I've learned in my own mind as well.She accepted that explanation but not happily. I don't think there's any question she would have preferred I was helping someone other than Reggie. What can I say? My mother is a good judge of character.I left a.